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by arcanus 9y ago
This and the fact that AMD now offers tensorflow support for their GPUs: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12032/amd-announces-wider-epy... Means there is finally some competition in data centers.
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What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)(nytimes.com)
1 points by arcanus 9y ago|0 comments
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by arcanus 9y ago
Try: http://archive.is/1JvXz
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Takeovers Roar to Life as Companies Hear Footsteps from Tech Giants(wsj.com)
36 points by arcanus 9y ago|8 comments
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by arcanus 9y ago
Remarkable the consolidation going on in general, but silicon is really seeing a wave of (possible) mergers and acquisitions.
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by arcanus 9y ago
The gap is software. It appears to be getting better: AMD now supports tensorflow on their GPUs, and other frameworks are coming. https://www.anandtech.com/show/12032/amd-announces-wider-epy...
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by arcanus 9y ago
> SC in Denver's unofficial theme was Arm I don't agree. SC's unofficial theme was AI/ML. Every single vendor and HPC center were talking AI, not all were talking ARM. The student cluster was dominated by GPUs, not a
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by arcanus 9y ago
I'm a research scientist in industry and I'm mostly puzzled by your concern. I see this an excellent way to document what I have been working on in a rigorous way that could establish prior work. I don't disagree that softwar
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by arcanus 9y ago
Is there an equivalent to MNIST for NLP? I've always wanted to play around in this space but I don't know a good, and simple, database to start with.
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by arcanus 9y ago
Good luck to them. However, it's very difficult to compete with big Silicon. I suspect they want to prove that they have valuable IP, and then look for an exit, like nervana systems.
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AMD Announces ROCm 1.7 with Tensorflow Support(anandtech.com)
2 points by arcanus 9y ago|0 comments
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by arcanus 9y ago
It is remarkable that you cannot declare bankruptcy from student debt. We have essentially decoupled the price of college from the expected return.
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by arcanus 9y ago
> Anything other than that approach is noise. Agree with everything except: 'Anything other than that approach is noise.' It is signal that the individual is not capable, and dangerous to work with.
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Artificial Intelligence Fuels Arms Race Among Chip Makers(wsj.com)
3 points by arcanus 9y ago|0 comments
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by arcanus 9y ago
Similar arguments could be made in GPUs
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by arcanus 9y ago
There is a vendor supported tensorflow for AMD devices: https://github.com/ROCmSoftwarePlatform/hiptensorflow
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by arcanus 9y ago
Hi LinkedIn still shows Groupon...what company did he end up selecting?
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by arcanus 9y ago
Or a straight up power-law curve fit, which is what those are both (implicitly) based upon.
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by arcanus 9y ago
These are research positions, so it's unlikely undergrads are getting in on that.
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Machine learning could lead to economic hypergrowth, new research suggests(cnbc.com)
2 points by arcanus 9y ago|0 comments
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by arcanus 9y ago
How many intel parts are targeted at machine learning? They appear to have at least three: * Xeon Knights Mill * Nervana Neural Network Processor * Broadwell Xeon with FPGA Are they really going to support all these teams? Or are they going
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by arcanus 9y ago
I would and have. I've also used then to fill positions I've got open at my current employer. But in either case you need to have a clear idea of what you are getting. If you are looking, then are going to try to sell you the posi
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Meet the new class traitors who are coming out as rich(amp.theguardian.com)
1 points by arcanus 9y ago|0 comments
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A game about AI making paperclips is the most addictive you’ll play today(theverge.com)
5 points by arcanus 9y ago|0 comments
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by arcanus 9y ago
I like the idea but I call foul at generalizing this result. > Google's artificial intelligence technology has a considerably higher I.Q. than Apple's Siri virtual assistant, This is device specific, and was done with phones, n
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by arcanus 9y ago
Is this an acqui-hire? If so, how does VC term sheets work in this case?
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by arcanus 9y ago
Seriously. Until last year I drove a car that was 1/3 the cost. And while not new, it was a nice car!
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by arcanus 9y ago
Alternatively, MSFT is interested in buying Spotify. They have purchased Swedish companies before..
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by arcanus 9y ago
Completely agree. Worse, Intel would likely rather cut this than cannibalize Xeon sales.
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by arcanus 9y ago
Remarkable how capital intensive hardware is: AMD is on the list but often operates at a loss!

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